Like I said earlier, all bets are off if your life is in danger.
fair enough. I believe that if a person, regardless if they are male or female, will exploit a person's weaknesses in a fight. And if not hitting a woman is a weakness, then that woman will exploit it---to the fullest. And if she loses, crocodile tears will be shed and the words "but I'm a woman" will be uttered. Which is code for "that big, bad man should be punished, for hitting a little, fragile woman."
You see, a man will always be a man, women want equality when it suits them, but at the same time want men to take into account their womanhood, even though they were the ones who initiated the confrontation. In other words, they can hit you, but you can't hit back, no matter what.